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Madeleine McCann and Ben Needham get the cash; Charlene Downes is an afterthought
Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child.
The Sun has a loaded headline:
Joy for Ben Needham’s mum as cops given extra £450k to find missing son – while … (read more)
Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | 1 Comment
Police find drugs after suspect whispers ‘I don’t think they found all the stuff in the car’
Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Strange But True | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Manchester United get Higuain and Mourinho in ‘secret’ deal
Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Ibrahimovic, Arsenal and Thierry Henry’s TV source
Transfer balls of the week was focused on Zlatan Ibrahimovic. and his move to Arsenal.
On March 13, the BBC told us: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Paris St-Germain forward says he is likely to … (read more)
Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
London mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith pits Hindu against Muslim in a hideous flyer
Zac Goldsmith, your Tory candidate for London mayor, woos the anglo-Indian vote with his flyer.
If you find that hideous – the idea that people only vote for a candidate from … (read more)
Posted: 19th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 0 Comments
Police hunting drive-by rap battlers in open-toe sandles
To Massachusetts, where police are searching for two men challenging passers-by to rap battles.
Charlton police said a black SUV with two or three men in their late teens or early 20s … (read more)
Posted: 17th, March 2016 | In: Music, Strange But True | 0 Comments
The Psychoactive Substances Act is off its head and up its arse
The Psychoactive Substances Act seeks to “ban the new generation of psychoactive drugs”.
It will soon be illegal to produce, supply or possess any drug capable of producing a psychoactive effect. You know, like … (read more)
Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Rotherham: child prostitutes vanish and a purge on taxi drivers
Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Arsenal balls: soft and weak Gunners embarrass tabloids
Posted: 16th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
Arsenal balls: Wenger leaves, Wenger stays, Wenger stays and leaves
Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
Chelsea balls: Daily Mail body shames fat Eden Hazard’s moobs
Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | 0 Comments
Child Star horror: Chris Evans Is Chuckie Finster
Shit look-alike of the day: Chris Evans is Chuckie Finster from TV’s Rugrats.
As Tom Jamieson notes: “Terrible when former child stars go off the rails and end up living on the … (read more)
Posted: 15th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities | 0 Comments
Race and blind justice as fasting Muslim driver escapes prison for fatal crash
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | 0 Comments
Cynical BBC uses Cenotaph dead to make Top Gear viral
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Hilary Clinton on the death penalty is classic new speak bullshit
Hilary Clinton was asked by Ricky Jackson if she supported the death penalty. Jackson spent 39 years in prison and on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. He reminded her … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | 0 Comments
Manchester United escape fine for Liverpool Hillsborough chant
Manchester United will not be punished for its fans revolting chants about the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters when the club faced Liverpool in the Europa League. A Uefa spokesperson says United have no case … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Top Gear: Chris Evans shows us the bullshit skid marks around The Cenotaph
Putting a gloss on MattHow do you trail the new series of BBC TV show Top Gear? Easy. You allow the BBC to shut roads in central London … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Unicef report: Syrian birth rate entirely predictable
The New York Times has seen a Unicef report on Syria. News is “One-Third of Children in Syria Were Born During War, Unicef Report Finds.”
Pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. It’s … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
North Korea’s threat to nuke Manhattan is B-movie mastery
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 0 Comments
Catholic school kids chant ‘You killed Jesus’ at Jewish opponents
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Woman busted for marijuana after police respond to lost keys down toilet
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 0 Comments
Arsenal murder Watford in FA Cup war
It’s all enjoyable hyperbolic stuff from … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
Kim Kardashian naked photos are also available in analogue format
For those of you with slow broadband, unable to see pictures of Kim Kardashian naked, and for whom footage of the reality TV star’s porn movie is available on VHS, there is … (read more)
Posted: 14th, March 2016 | In: Celebrities | 0 Comments
Hackney meets Father Ted in a story of rat as big as your kids
The story of a rat a big – or as small – as a toddler has been all over the news. The Star, naturally, made it its own. But was the … (read more)
Posted: 13th, March 2016 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | 0 Comments
Calling someone ‘English’ is racist in Hull but making monkey noises to a dying black man is ok?
That’s racist! The Telegraph reports on an incident in Hull:
A motorist has been prosecuted for racially abusing a traffic warden by calling him “English”. Mohammed Akhlaghi swore at traffic warden Robert … (read more)
Posted: 13th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments